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v-moda CEO val coulton set out on a mission to make a Bluetooth wireless headphone that would sound as good as the company's flagship over-ear model the crossfade m100 which earned AC net Editors Choice Award back in 2012 on the surface at least the crossfade Wireless looks nearly identical to the crossfade m100 but some changes had to be made to accommodate the rechargeable battery in the left ear cup that battery livers 12 hours of battery life which is pretty decent for a wireless headphone the headphones wired mode may be as much of a selling point as it's wireless mode that's because the crossfade Wireless is designed to work unpowered as an analogue headphone and sound as good as the standard and 100 perhaps even slightly better thanks to some small improvements V motors tuning team has made it launched the headphones come in a couple of different color options but the shield's on the ear cups are customizable and they do come in a variety of materials and can be 3d printed to your liking this headphone isn't the lightest at ten point three or 292 grams but it's really well built has metal parts and comes with a protective carrying case it's worth noting that unlike the crossfade m100 the crossfade Wireless doesn't fold up it's missing a second hinge and only folds flat so the cases are different like the em 100's this model offers good clarity and plenty of base and good base at that and as long as you like a lot of base it's one of the better sounding Bluetooth headphones out there but it still sounds slightly better used as a wired headphone v-moda would like to siphon off some of the people buying beats popular studio wireless headphone and has made a conscious decision to undercut beats with a $300 price tag I think the beats is a more comfortable headphone but the v-moda is better built as a wireless headphone some will say the v-moda sounds better but others will prefer the sound of the beats alas with audio sound is somewhat subjective and sound quality particularly with a wireless headphone very with the type of music you're listening to I'm David Carr night from cnet.com thanks for watching